Paul du Ry

Paul du Ry (* 1640 in Paris, † 1714 in Kassel ) was a French -born architect and engineer of the Baroque in Kassel.

Biography

As a Huguenot refugee was Paul du Ry in 1685 by Landgrave Karl Kassel, the residence of Hesse- Kassel, was appointed as an engineer. Previously, Paul du Ry Dutch engineer captain since 1675 and fortress builder in Maastricht (Netherlands). In Hesse -Kassel, he was mainly for the "French construction " belongs to, for the Huguenot colony newly founded. The designs, however, coming largely from the Hofbauamt or by local masters room, so that its functions are to be sought primarily in the construction management and technical execution. He also appears in 1689 under the direction of the court architect Wessel as an engineer at Kaskadenbau on white stone (now William height ); at all likely his experience in hydraulic engineering in the Netherlands have been a major reason for his appeal to Kassel.

His son Charles du Ry (1692-1757) was, as his grandson Simon Louis du Ry, Oberhof builder in Kassel.

Paul du Ry was a son of the Parisian court architect Mathurin du Ry, whose father Charles du Ry was also active as a court architect in Paris in the first half of the 17th century. This Charles du Ry, Paul du Ry's grandfather, was a student and relative of Salomon de Brosse, the founder of the so-called " Huguenots style" in France.

Important works

• From 1685 the baroque city of Kassel extension Oberneustadt is created the town expansion for the settlement of Huguenot immigrants by Paul du Ry; the predetermined plans for three-axle type houses are modified by him. Center of the Upper Town is the 1689-1706 built under his construction management Karlskirche.

• Construction management (among others) in the Huguenot start-ups Carlsdorf, Marie village, Schöneberg ( Hofgeismar ) in the Reinhard Forest.

The attribution of all court buildings 1685-1714 at Paul du Ry goes to the one on the Hessian Council Casparson shortly before 1800, back, partly to Otto Gerland, a descendant of the family du Ry in the late 19th century. It has now been for urban planning by Karl harbor engineering Conradi be demonstrated for the Orangerie in Haydau and Castle and orangery in Wabern the court architect Johann Conrad Giesler. Also for the Orangerie castle in Kassel is located near authorship Giesler. As Paul du Ry is also not performed in the contemporary records in the " Hofbaustaat " and he appears only as the "French master builder " (analogous to " the French firm" for the affairs of the immigrants), its importance for the Hessian Baroque architecture needs to be reassessed.